Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of the Kubernetes API and Security Features
- Access to HTTPS endpoints, Kubernetes API, nodes, and containers
- Kubernetes Authentication and Authorization features
Understanding Cluster Attack Vectors
- How attackers locate your etcd port, Kubernetes API, and other services
- Methods for executing code within containers
- Techniques for privilege escalation
- Case study: Analysis of the Tesla Kubernetes exposure
Setting up Kubernetes
- Selecting a distribution
- Installing Kubernetes
Managing Credentials and Secrets
- The credentials lifecycle
- Understanding secrets
- Distributing credentials securely
Controlling Access to the Kubernetes API
- Encrypting API traffic with TLS
- Implementing authentication for API servers
- Implementing role-based authorization
Managing User and Workload Capabilities
- Understanding Kubernetes policies
- Restricting resource usage
- Limiting container privileges
- Controlling network access
Node Access Control
- Separating workload permissions
Protecting Cluster Components
- Restricting etcd access
- Disabling unnecessary features
- Modifying, removing, or revoking credentials and tokens
Securing Container Images
- Managing Docker and Kubernetes images
- Building secure images
Controlling Cloud Resource Access
- Understanding cloud platform metadata
- Restricting permissions for cloud resources
Evaluating Third-Party Integrations
- Minimizing permissions granted to third-party software
- Assessing components that can create pods
Establishing a Security Policy
- Reviewing existing security profiles
- Developing a security model
- Cloud-native security considerations
- Additional best practices
Encrypting Inactive Data
- Encrypting backups
- Full disk encryption
- Encrypting secret resources in etcd
Monitoring Activity
- Enabling audit logging
- Auditing and governing the software supply chain
- Subscribing to security alerts and updates
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Previous experience working with Kubernetes
Audience
- DevOps engineers
- Developers
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